Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 03:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 687 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 52 37% 48.8 fps	MRender 48 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 37.7 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 0 1TB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 824GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	134% Outstanding	Read 760 Write 754 Mixed 759 170% 758 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 33 138% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 46.2 120% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 127%
Samsung 840 PRO Series 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 561GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5413 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 50 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 65 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5787984749	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 504 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.6 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 158 169% 281 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 294GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5418 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9628289012	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 399 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 46.8 181% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 117 128% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9148 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17488011085	94.2% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 403 Mixed 412 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 27.9 150% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 114 86% 111 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 223GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24658 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 396 (B1) Unknown 96 96 116 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 58 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 272 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21810030977	96% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 413 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 21.3 125% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 70.8 115% 224 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.9 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	650x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	244x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16